Tuning the exchange bias of soft metallic antiferromagnets by inserting nonmagnetic defects

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Papusoi, Cristian ^a,b   Hauch, Jan ^a   Fecioru Morariu, Marian ^a   Guntherodt, Gernot ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE BIAS (EB); SPIN BLOCKING;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33745725590     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2204335     Document Type: Article

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